Nico Rosberg
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And one of the examples was now the team boss of Williams, James Vowles, who was our genius strategist.
And he too was consumed by this genius sitting, or this God sitting in the room with us at the beginning of Michael joining Mercedes.
So one of the first races, we were small, intimate circle, you know, just pre-race, high pressure moment discussing the strategy, which James Vowles is responsible for.
So for him, it's like very intense moment.
And he faces the God, which is Michael Schumacher, to explain the strategy to Michael.
And then comes my strategy.
And 90% of the time when he spoke about my strategy, he was speaking about my strategy to Michael.
Like I was not there.
Like I was like hot air in the room.
I was not there.
So he's discussing my or explaining my strategy.
Also focusing most of the time on Michael.
But he didn't even realize.
It's just because you have God in the room.
And so you're like, you're just consumed by that.
And it was really hurtful for me though.
Because plus I was the guy getting more points for the team.
I was in front of the championship.
I was in front of the group.
as well this is the interesting point I beat Michael most of the time which was very important to my career yes he wasn't at the peak of his powers anymore because he had retired and come back nevertheless it was important for me to stay ahead anyway so then after that I went to James Valls and I said James please